Athlon X2 L310 vs Athlon II M300
Aggregate performance score
Athlon II M300 outperforms Athlon X2 L310 by a whopping 100% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
Comparing Athlon II M300 and Athlon X2 L310 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 2985 | 3215 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | AMD Athlon II | 2x AMD Athlon |
| Power efficiency | 1.14 | 1.53 |
| Architecture codename | Caspian (2009) | Conesus (2009) |
| Release date | 10 September 2009 (15 years ago) | 10 September 2009 (15 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Athlon II M300 and Athlon X2 L310 basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.
| Physical cores | 2 (Dual-core) | 2 (Dual-core) |
| Threads | 2 | 2 |
| Boost clock speed | 2 GHz | 1.2 GHz |
| Bus rate | 3200 MHz | 800 MHz |
| L1 cache | 128 KB | 256 KB |
| L2 cache | 1 MB | 1 MB |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | 65 nm |
| Maximum core temperature | no data | 95 °C |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
Compatibility
Information on Athlon II M300 and Athlon X2 L310 compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.
| Socket | Socket S1 (S1g3) | BGA / 638 lidless micro-PGA |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 13 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon II M300 and Athlon X2 L310. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, Enhanced 3DNow!, NX bit, AMD64, PowerNow!, AMD Virtualization | MMX, 3DNow, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, AMD64, Virtualization, Enhanced Virus Protection |
| PowerNow | + | - |
| VirusProtect | - | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon II M300 and Athlon X2 L310 are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | - | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon II M300 and Athlon X2 L310. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR2 | no data |
Synthetic benchmark performance
Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
Combined synthetic benchmark score
This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.
Passmark
Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.
GeekBench 5 Single-Core
GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.
Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core
Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.
Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core
Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.
3DMark06 CPU
3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.
wPrime 32
wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 0.42 | 0.21 |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | 65 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 13 Watt |
Athlon II M300 has a 100% higher aggregate performance score, and a 44.4% more advanced lithography process.
Athlon X2 L310, on the other hand, has 169.2% lower power consumption.
The Athlon II M300 is our recommended choice as it beats the Athlon X2 L310 in performance tests.
Should you still have questions on choice between Athlon II M300 and Athlon X2 L310, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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